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Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (left) ESA/TGO/CaSSIS (right) Every year the robots and satellites scientists have sent to Mars make discoveries that help us learn more about the Red Planet's past and ...

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From the iconic "spiders on Mars" and a giant dog-shaped blob to an underground ocean and other newly discovered water deposits, here are our 10 favorite things found on Mars this year.